This book takes place over the forty-five days that Jeff is hospitalized following his suicide attempt. At first, Jeff is unwilling to come to terms with the reasons for his suicide attempt, and he distances himself from the other patients. But when a new boy arrives, Jeff begins a journey toward self-acceptance.
Publisher’s Description:
“I’m not crazy. I don’t see what the big deal is about what happened. But apparently someone does think it’s a big deal because here I am. I bet it was my mother. She always overreacts.
Fifteen-year-old Jeff wakes up on New Year’s Day to find himself in the hospital. Make that the psychiatric ward. With the nutjobs. Clearly, this is all a huge mistake. Forget about the bandages on his wrists and the notes on his chart. Forget about his problems with his best friend, Allie, and her boyfriend, Burke. Jeff’s perfectly fine, perfectly normal, not like the other kids in the hospital with him. Now they’ve got problems. But a funny thing happens as his forty-five-day sentence drags on: the crazies start to seem less crazy.
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis boys: Jeff
Sexual Orientation:
Gay/Queer: Jeff
Romantic Orientation:
Not explicitly addressed.
Race/Ethnicity:
White: Jeff
Trigger Warnings:
Suicide